NurseRies BSN, RN

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    Overtime Pay, who really benefits?

    NurseRies posted a topic in Travel

    Hey Travelers, I am getting about 10-15 hours of overtime a week so far on my new assignment. I am in week 4. My hourly rate is fairly low because I'm getting all that glamorous tax-free money. I know...
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    Experienced Dialysis Nurse wanting to eventually get a new specialty

    NurseRies posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hi everyone, I have been in dialysis for 7-8ish years, depending on if you count all the overtime. I LOVE it... Have done chronics for 2 years, then acutes for the rest. I have learned PD, become...
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    burning out in acute care

    NurseRies replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    About half of the nurses that leave acutes to go to chronics come back to acutes within a year. That has been my experience, but then again, about half never come back, so my advice is go for it! You...
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    Experienced Dialysis Nurse wanting to eventually get a new specialty

    NurseRies replied to NurseRies's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks for the comments! I got my CDN when I worked outpatient, then got the CNN when my acutes manager asked me to. I didn't plan to get both, but apparently since I was doing a little educating and...
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    Nephrology Nursing Certification

    NurseRies replied to kxanuddin's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Try the mometrix CNN review book, amazon has it for $50-60. That's all I did to pass, the core curriculum is too big and more of an outline format, which was minimally helpful to me. What will really...
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    Acute dialysis or new grad program

    NurseRies replied to Rn.bsn.'s topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I love dialysis , started as a new grad and planned to leave, but here I am 6+ years later... I figure there's plenty of time to go to icu or tele later. Doing acutes give you some basic hospital...
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    Consents for inpatient acute hd

    NurseRies replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I don't know that it's any different then a Jane doe who needs blood to live. They don't question giving her blood do they? I don't know for sure, but I would guess that they assume everyone is a full...
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    Learning new modalities / Travel Nursing Question

    NurseRies replied to CFrancine's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I traveled without any problems and I only knew HD. Most programs don't expect you to do it all, that would probably be too much training anyway. On my assignments they just gave isolation patients,...
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    Transplant Nurses: looking for information

    NurseRies replied to RNTransplant80's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I've never heard of a post transplant clinic. I have done dialysis in several large cities. Don't they just see their nephrologist once every few months? Or who do they meet with normally after a...
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    Is there a market for small staffing agencies with so many hospital corporations?

    NurseRies posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Hello all, I am curious about someday starting my own staffing agency, specifically for dialysis nurses. I live in a big metro area and I know there to be at least 40 outpatient clinics and 30...
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    Shoes??

    NurseRies replied to Sylwaller75's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I used to wear running shoes , expensive one, but for extensive standing and time on feet , I now west danskos. Some ppl hate them but I find that they support my lower back. I had them fitted to me...
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    Please just go to your clinic!

    NurseRies replied to Twinmom06's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Oh my... I hear you. I have seen those patient who continually have high K while in the hospital. I think some of them cheat on their diets, but others of them I believe have some major problems with...
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    Please just go to your clinic!

    NurseRies replied to Twinmom06's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In my area, if patient miss a week of treatment or even 2 treatments, then show up at clinic, some clinics will send them to the hospital because they do not know their current state of health. Sure...
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    The future of hemodialysis?

    NurseRies replied to Chisca's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I imagine the ultra filtrate would be a small amount at a time since they are wearing it everyday. Like a colostomy bag or drain, the patient will have to go to the bathroom and drain it. Kind of like...
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    Leaving Bedside Nursing

    NurseRies replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    I understand. I get the same negative comments about dialysis. I am an acute care dialysis nurse and we do a lot of bedside care as well (at least I do). But yet we still get people that apply and...
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    Quitting per diem without notice

    NurseRies replied to deefizzle's topic in General Nursing

    Call off and move on. Trust someone who just lost her Dad and wishes I had more opportunities to visit him the hospital. You sound like a good, loyal person with great character but just tell them...
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    Calling in for no sleep

    NurseRies replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

    I work 4 days shifts a week 6am-6pm. I am also scheduled an overnight on call shift once a week. I can't tell you how many times I have worked worked 6pm-6am while on call, went home at 6:30am, had...
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    Questions about Acute Dialysis

    NurseRies replied to allen80's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The 7-3, 3-11 wouldn't work for us. No one wants to work 5 days a week here, plus would you be on call one of the days and then have to work the next day? It's a nice idea though. One program I was...
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    Questions about Acute Dialysis

    NurseRies replied to allen80's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    If you can work for a fully staffed acute team, with reasonable call shifts, good management, and great pay, you can make it work. There are quite a few people on my team who have been doing it for...
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    Nursing pay

    NurseRies replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    RNs in Denver make between $35-45/hr. New grads starting around $25-30/Hr. Cost of living here has gone way up in the last 5 years, so cost of living compared to hourly rate is kinda crappy... Some...
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    Nitro patch on HD?

    NurseRies replied to AcuteHD's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I ran a patient on a nitro drip today, asked the nephrologist if he had ever heard of nitro being contraindicated for dialysis. He said he had never heard of that. As we all know, many nephrologists...
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    Nitro patch on HD?

    NurseRies replied to AcuteHD's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have never heard of this... I don't think I would trust this without speaking to a nephrologist or a
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    The future of hemodialysis?

    NurseRies replied to Chisca's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    It's pretty amazing , I imagine that a lot of our patients will still need traditional dialysis for a long time. Many of them are elderly, handicapped, use walkers. Also important to remember that...
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    34 yr old starting out...help

    NurseRies replied to katylady22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In my opinion, starting with LPN, then to ADN, then to BSN is way too complicated . If you can make it work, just do the BSN if it works for your family and your life. You could always work part time...
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    Vacation?

    NurseRies replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

    No way would I be okay with that. Are you open 7 days a week and 24 hours a day? I would tell them that you've paid for it already and are entitled to vacation time. I would maybe even look up your...